Matthew Dougherty is the winner of the 2018 Salamander Fiction Contest with his story “Tokoloshe,” and Heather De Bel is the second-place winner with her story “Listening to Birds.” Of the winning stories, final judge Molly Antopol wrote: “Tokoloshe” is a tremendous … Read More
Winner Matthew Dougherty, “Tokoloshe” Second Place Heather De Bel, “Listening to Birds” Finalists Kelle Groom, “A Beginners Guide to Hieroglyphs” Kate Lister Campbell, “Boiling Out” Bridgette Shade, “Lifespan of a Mobile Home on Fire” Spencer Wise, “Masha” Karolina Connolly, “Private … Read More
The new issue has been sent out, so if you subscribe or have ordered copies, you should be receiving them shortly. If you are interested in subscribing or purchasing an issue, you may order from the website or by emailing … Read More
Ben Berman, Danielle Legros Georges, and Kelle Groom, whose poetry appears in recent issues of SALAMANDER, will read from their new and recent work, in honor of SALAMANDER’s 25th anniversary. Ben Berman’s new collection, FIGURING IN THE FIGURE, was published … Read More
Fred Marchant, George Kalogeris, and Jennifer Barber will be reading at this weekend’s Boston Poetry Festival. Details for Friday afternoon are below. For full schedule, please go to: Boston National Poetry Month Festival https://www.bostonnationalpoetry.org 12:10-4:30 pm, Keynote Poets Boston Public … Read More
Please join Salamander for a 25th Anniversary Celebration and Reading Thursday, March 1, 2018 6-8 pm Suffolk University Poetry Center Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd Floor 73 Tremont Street, Boston Salamander’s 25th Anniversary celebration, which will take place at … Read More
A great opportunity to hear West Coast poet Jane Hirshfield read in Boston. She will read at Suffolk University’s Blue Sky Lounge & Commons in Sargent Hall, 5th floor. Sargent Hall is located at 120 Tremont Street. The reading is … Read More
We hope you enjoy the new issue now and over the next months as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together. Watch this space in the next weeks, as some of our writers talk about the genesis of their pieces.
The Suffolk English Department is happy to present David Ferry reading his new translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, just out from University of Chicago Press. We hope you can join us at the Suffolk Poetry Center, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, Mildred … Read More
I loved visiting the Metropolitan Museum with my family when I was a young girl. Shortly after I moved to NYC for graduate school, I began writing in the museum while seeing an exhibit or visiting parts of the permanent … Read More
Salamander is so proud to have contributors featured in both the O.Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories 2017! Congratulations to Sonya Larson, whose story “Gabe Dove” (Salamander #43) was chosen as a “Best American Short Story” by … Read More
Please join us for a poetry reading featuring Susan Donnelly, Wendy Drexler, and Holly Guran reading new and recent work, on Wednesday, October 4, 7 p.m., at the Suffolk University Poetry Center/73 Tremont Street/Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd floor The … Read More